Call-through telecom
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Call-through telecom companies are alternative telecommunications companies in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 to make cheap international phone call. All a user needs to do to take advantage of these savings is to dial the call-through access number followed by the destination number. Different phone companies specializes in a different types of international phone call deals, which means that the cheap long distance call plan that works for one country won't necessarily work for another. Most call-through telecom companies charge different telephone call prices at different times of day for local and national calls while others offer really cheap international phone calls (from as little as 0.5p or 1p per minute in the UK, as a local call rate for the international phone call in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, 2c a minute, even free, in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 and Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 etc.).

These call-through telecom companies require no sign up or account, they don't require a credit card
Credit card
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, and users do not need to change their phone provider, purchase any special devices or even buy a phone card.

Call through companies frequently update their rates thereby making it imperative for users to get a view on rates across the market before calling.

UK

From the UK, most call through access numbers start with 0844, 0871, 0905, 0906 and 0911. These numbers attract charges based on the time of the day and the callers line provider. Some charge a nominal £0.03 connection fee but many charge that rate per minute in addition to the call through company.

Austria

There are several cheap call-through numbers in Austria, but there is at least one which is absolutely free for most calls: ViennaCollect for calls from Austria to most of the rest of the world, from and to land-lines and mobile phones.
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